Hebrews 12:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;

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  • Dan 2:44 : 44 `And in the days of these kings raise up doth the God of the heavens a kingdom that is not destroyed -- to the age, and its kingdom to another people is not left: it beateth small and endeth all these kingdoms, and it standeth to the age.
  • Isa 56:7 : 7 I have brought them unto My holy mountain, And caused them to rejoice in My house of prayer, Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices `Are' for a pleasing thing on Mine altar, For My house, `A house of prayer,' Is called for all the peoples.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death -- with strong crying and tears -- having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;
  • 1 Pet 1:4-5 : 4 to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you, 5 who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time,
  • Heb 10:22-23 : 22 may we draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having the hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having the body bathed with pure water; 23 may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful `is' He who did promise),
  • Heb 3:6 : 6 and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 `Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
  • Rom 12:1-2 : 1 I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service; 2 and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what `is' the will of God -- the good, and acceptable, and perfect.
  • Prov 28:24 : 24 Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 And Moses saith unto Aaron, `It `is' that which Jehovah hath spoken, saying, By those drawing near to Me I am sanctified, and in the face of all the people I am honoured;' and Aaron is silent.
  • Ps 2:11 : 11 Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
  • Ps 19:14 : 14 Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!
  • Ps 89:7 : 7 God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
  • Dan 7:27 : 27 and the kingdom, and the dominion, even the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heavens, is given to the people -- the saints of the Most High, His kingdom `is' a kingdom age-during, and all dominions do serve and obey Him.
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 for what renown `is it', if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure `it'? but if, doing good and suffering `for it', ye do endure, this `is' gracious with God,
  • Rev 5:10 : 10 and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.'
  • Heb 4:16 : 16 we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace -- for seasonable help.
  • Rom 11:20 : 20 by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;
  • 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,
  • Heb 10:19 : 19 Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the blood of Jesus,
  • Rev 15:4 : 4 who may not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou alone `art' kind, because all the nations shall come and bow before Thee, because Thy righteous acts were manifested.'
  • Rev 1:6 : 6 and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him `is' the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen.
  • Luke 1:33 : 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob to the ages; and of his reign there shall be no end.'
  • Luke 17:20-21 : 20 And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God doth come, he answered them, and said, `The reign of God doth not come with observation; 21 nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign of God is within you.'
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,
  • Eph 5:10 : 10 proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you -- an odour of a sweet smell -- a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 To the increase of the princely power, And of peace, there is no end, On the throne of David, and on his kingdom, To establish it, and to support it, In judgment and in righteousness, Henceforth, even unto the age, The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts doth this.
  • Dan 7:14 : 14 And to him is given dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages do serve him, his dominion `is' a dominion age-during, that passeth not away, and his kingdom that which is not destroyed.

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  • Heb 12:25-27
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    25See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who `speaketh' from heaven,

    26whose voice the earth shook then, and now hath he promised, saying, `Yet once -- I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven;'

    27and this -- `Yet once' -- doth make evident the removal of the things shaken, as of things having been made, that the things not shaken may remain;

  • 29for also our God `is' a consuming fire.

  • 11Serve ye Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

  • 16we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace -- for seasonable help.

  • 30Be pained before Him, all the earth:

  • Heb 13:14-15
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    14for we have not here an abiding city, but the coming one we seek;

    15through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;

  • 1We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,

  • 31fearful `is' the falling into the hands of a living God.

  • 74To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,

  • Heb 2:1-2
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    1Because of this it behoveth `us' more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,

    2for if the word being spoken through messengers did become stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience did receive a just recompense,

  • 21and, (so terrible was the sight,) Moses said, `I am fearful exceedingly, and trembling.'

  • 11May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall,

  • 18For ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

  • 24And to Him who is able to guard you not stumbling, and to set `you' in the presence of His glory unblemished, in gladness,

  • 17and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,

  • 6so that we do boldly say, `The Lord `is' to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

  • 9Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the honour of holiness, Be afraid of His presence, all the earth.

  • 27but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery zeal, about to devour the opposers;

  • 1Having, then, these promises, beloved, may we cleanse ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting sanctification in the fear of God;

  • 12Wherefore, the hanging-down hands and the loosened knees set ye up;

  • 2Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.

  • Heb 8:1-2
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    1And the sum concerning the things spoken of `is': we have such a chief priest, who did sit down at the right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens,

    2of the holy places a servant, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord did set up, and not man,

  • 8and unto the Son: `Thy throne, O God, `is' to the age of the age; a scepter of righteousness `is' the scepter of thy reign;

  • Heb 13:9-10
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    9with teachings manifold and strange be not carried about, for `it is' good that by grace the heart be confirmed, not with meats, in which they who were occupied were not profited;

    10we have an altar, of which to eat they have no authority who the tabernacle are serving,

  • 21To enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.

  • 19Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the blood of Jesus,

  • 17to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

  • 21make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom `is' the glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.

  • 24only, fear ye Jehovah, and ye have served Him in truth with all your heart, for see that which He hath made great with you;

  • 23may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful `is' He who did promise),

  • 21and a high priest over the house of God,

  • 10The beginning of wisdom `is' fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise `is' standing for ever!

  • 9Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising `us', and we were reverencing `them'; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

  • 1I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service;

  • 14Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens -- Jesus the Son of God -- may we hold fast the profession,

  • 6and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him `is' the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen.

  • 32`Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

  • 1Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,

  • 40so that they fear Thee all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers.

  • 11Doth not His excellency terrify you? And His dread fall upon you?

  • 15for sojourners we `are' before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow `are' our days on the land, and there is none abiding.

  • 7For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved.

  • 8Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid.

  • 13Jehovah of Hosts -- Him ye do sanctify, And He `is' your Fear, and He your Dread,